Door-check



A. WRIGHT.

- (No Model.)

DOOR CHECK.

PatentedSept. 29; 1896;

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ALEXANDER WRIGHT, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION iorming part of Letters Patent No. 568,554, dated.September 29, 1896.

Application fi1ec1 May 14, 1895. Serial No. 549,334. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER \/VRIGHT, a eitizen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Oastle and State ofDe1aware, have invented a new and usefu1 Door-Check, of whieh thefollowing is a speeification.

The object of the invention is to provide a eonvenient and durabieappliance f0r holding doors open.

In the drawings forming part of this specification 1ike letters denotecorresponding parts in the severa1 views, in whieh Figure 1 is a view ofa seetion of a doorjamb with the ivention app1ied to en door. Fig. 2 isa simi]ar view showing & difierent position. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe inventi0n, and Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectiona1 view.

In the drawings, A denotes the door-frame, and B the door hingedthereto.

My improvement consists of a base e, provided With a series of aperturesf01 serews. 6 is an aperture to receive the shank e of the metallicturn-button 0, by whieh the parts are seeured together.. The turn-buttonis provided with a reeess 0 to receive a platespring d, whieh bearsagainst the turn-button at eaeh end and against the base-plate at itscenter. 'Ihus the turn-button is prevented f10n1 getting out ofposition.

As will be apparent from the drawings, th shank of the turn-button isformed nearer one end than the other, thus allowing tw0 adjustments ofthe door, 0ne, as sliown in Fig. 1, where the short end engages theplatte f and the other, as shown in Fig. 2, where the door is swungcompletely back and is engaged by the 1on ger end, the1ower faee ofwhioh engages the p1ate f, while in Fig. 1 the end of the turn-buttonengages the platte.

Having fu11y deseribed n1y invention, what I claim as new, and desire t0secure by Letters Patent, is

In combinati0n a button adapted to be secured to the frame of a doorWith a spring embedded therein, said button having a1ong and short arm,the former engaging With its end the edge of the door when partly open,and the long arm engaging, With its faee, the door when entire1y open,asand for the purpose described.

ALEXANDER WRIGHT. rVitnesses:

JOHN H. DANBY, P. ELLIOTT TAYLOR.

